Fast Forward
As part of the Science Museum’s exhibition ‘Fast Forward: 20 ways F1 is changing our world’, Illustrious Company created and installed a 3D soundscape to accompany the physical displays. Fast Forward looked at the science behind Formula 1’s racing machines, and how the industry’s innovations were impacting our everyday lives, from the way we care […]
Large Scale Immersive Audio Experiment
Working in collaboration with Goldsmiths University and Duran Audio, the Large Scale Immersive Audio Experiment provided a chance for students from the college to have their soundscapes played on the backfield of the college using Illustrious’ 3D audio technology. Running for over a fortnight, the installation played a number of pieces created by the Goldsmiths Screenschool and Sound […]
Peter Harrison Planetarium
As part of The Royal Observatory’s five-year extensive redevelopment, Illustrious provided a series of 3D immersive soundscapes and composed a new soundtrack for the museum’s Weller Astronomy Galleries and the Peter Harrison Planetarium. Working in conjunction with design group Thomas Matthews who led the £16 million project, Illustrious created seven interlocking 3D soundscapes for the galleries as […]
The Beatles Show
A permanent feature at The Museum of Liverpool, The Beatles Show is an exhibition telling the story of the group in Liverpool – the birthplace of a musical and cultural revolution that swept the world. Focusing on the city and its unique influence on popular culture, the exhibition takes visitors on a journey through the sights and […]
Liquid Histories, Shanghai
Illustrious has created an immense 3D soundscape in collaboration with Central Saint Martins and Aberrant Architects in Shanghai as part of their Shanghai Urban Space Art Season 2017. LIQUID HISTORIES – ‘The Thames between imaginary and reality’ The title of the installation refers to the way that history can be told through multiple viewpoints and […]
Everything Old Is New Again
Illustrious created a 3D soundscape merging the thoughts and feelings of old and young people, creating a delicate and thought-provoking juxtaposition. As part of Illustrious’s annual participation in Bath’s Forest Of Imagination Festival in June 2019, Illustrious created a soundscape merging the thoughts, ambitions, reminiscences, and dreams of generations young and old. The 3D soundscape […]
Afro Deep (Vol.3) – Remix O-iye
As a collaboration between the Beating Heart Project (reimagining Africa’s largest indigenous sound recording archive), Illustrious’s Martyn Ware and Tom Gillieron have created a contemporary remix entitled O-Iye for the Beating Heart – Afro Deep (Vol.3) album.
WE FOUND LOVE IN THE 80’S
Illustrious collaborated with artist Dawinder Bhansal to create a soundscape based on frank interviews with a variety of couples who fell in love in the 80’s, and are still together. The piece can be found, along with many other reminiscent artifacts on the WE FOUND LOVE IN THE 80’S website. Dawinder Bhansal Comments – “The […]
CUCUSONIC – Forestronic
Illustrious was part of a major collaborative team working with In Place Of War to participate in a jointly created exhibition entitled ’Sounds Of The Columbian Rainforest’. Martyn Ware composed the soundscape Forestronic, which became part of a much larger project. Cucusonic is an album created by a collaborative collective of Colombian bio-scientists, anthropologists, and […]
Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle
First premiered as part of a two-hour performance at the Roundhouse in London, ‘Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle’ was a one-off performance/installation of 3D soundscapes by Vince Clarke and Martyn Ware of Illustrious. Staged in a white cloth-lined room, twelve meters in diameter, the event was an immersive experience in which the soundscapes were reflected visually by colored lighting […]